Thursday 16 June 2011

Gone Gothic...

Yes, I know!   Another Gothic arch...but I just enjoy playing with that shape so much, so when I read that Simon Says Stamp and Show's theme for this week was "torn/distressed" I just had to!      I've used some Tim Holtz paper, the sentiment from THIS TH stamp set, the word"explorer" and the image of the man are both from THIS Darkroom Door set (stamped onto acetate with black StaZon ink, I also dry-brushed some gold acrylic paint onto the underside of the word)    The word was then stuck to a painted puzzle piece,  I've also added a couple of pewter brads and some butterfly punches (with some wild honey Distress Stickles on their wings)      All edges have been torn and/or distressed (with my trusty and very used MM distresser), for the hole over the sentiment I just made a small cut with my craft knife and began tearing the section out, then inked all the edges with Distress ink.
And here are the photos to prove it : )





2 comments:

Candy C said...

Very cool gothic arch design. I love your steampunk man, the 3D butterflies and all of the papers, colors you used in this piece. Thanks for sharing it with us at Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge. <3 Candy

Terry said...

Wow thank you for joining the DT from Simon Says Stamp and Show with your very beautifull steampunk project. Wow love the colors and your sentiment. Thank you for sharing Hugs Terry xxxx